Anyone who wants to attend the DUXBash should contact me directly by 3pm on Tuesday of this week. Only 10 IxDA members can attend-in addition to those who are actually attending DUX-and their names must be on the guest list, which I must submit on Tuesday.

Here are the details about the event:

Friday, November 4-DUXBash: Members of IxDA are invited to get together at this event, regardless of whether you are attending the DUX conference. We look forward to seeing you there.

Blogs are quickly earning their place as an extraordinary communications
tool. On November 15, NYCUPA will welcome two experienced and prolific
bloggers for a panel discussion about the core issues of blog usability,
design and integration. This will be a departure from our usual format in
that our two bloggers will welcome questions throughout the program.

As the principle of a London UK based interactive design company that is currently working with an organisation with significant interests both sides on the 'pond' it's not the similarities of interactive design between two countries but the differences that interests me. Whilst we both speak the same language the subtle differences between our two cultures means that any designer delivering to both audiences with a single site needs to really understand them.

a beta release of a linux os named symphony introduces an uncluttered,
restricted interaction model to improve usability and findability.
it is build on declared 'laws of interface design' (http://symphonyos.com/laws.html ), utilizing Fitt's law and insights on
struggling with windows (and mac os), while borrowing some of the os x
concepts.
i haven't finished the bootable iso-download yet, but the description and
screenshots ( http://symphonyos.com )

We are seeking proposals for presentations, case studies, panels,
posters, and pre-conference workshops for the 2006 Information
Architecture Summit. For the first time we have added a peer-reviewed
research session type, and we encourage submissions highlighting IA
research or theory. Go to http://www.iasummit.org/2006/call.htm for
information and to submit.